The BIRD Foundation works to encourage cooperation between Israeli
and American companies in a wide range of technology sectors by
providing funding and assistance in facilitating strategic partnerships
for developing joint products or technologies.

During
its 37 years, the BIRD Foundation has invested in close to 900
projects.

NewCO2Fuels (Rehovot, Israel) and Acumentrics (Westwood,MA) will collaborate on the development of enhanced performance solid oxide fuels cells for dual application

Silentium (Rehovot, Israel) and GE Energy (Houston, TX) will collaborate on the development of active noise control for power generation ventilation.

At the Bilateral Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) foundation conference in Tel Aviv, companies dismissed the overall impact of the BDS movement

Via the Jerusalem Post“I’m not aware of any boycott concerns or issues, at least from GE’s
perspective,” said Oded Meirav, manager of GE Global Research’s Israel
Technology Center. A greater threat, he continued, would be for Israel
to lose its competitive edge through excessive taxes, bureaucracy, or a
decline in educational excellence.

The
large numbers of international companies working Israel also makes the
movement’s success more precarious; it would be hard for people to cut
Microsoft products and Intel chips out of their lives. The more
multinationals come to Israel, he said, “the more difficult it is to
even consider the possibility of a boycott.”

Philips Electronics
(Israel) CEO Guido Pardo Roques agreed, arguing that the presence of
companies such as Intel puts companies that might worry about it at
ease.

Orna Berry, EMC vice president of corporate growth and
innovation, noted that Israel’s ability to keep producing – despite
rockets, war and boycott attempts – is the bottom line for most
companies.
BDS. Failing for well over 13 years.